I have a DIV that contains user-generated contents. These contents may and will start with an item that has a margin-top and that margin-top overflows the container so that there will be a gap between the container and preceding elements. I found out you can set the container to either display:inline-block, float:left/right or give it a padding-top value.
If you do one of the first 2 options the container will shrink its width to its contained elements. Padding-top is not an option because of the gap that the padding will generate. Basically you could set a specific width to the container but the problem with that is that there's a templating system with 60+ layouts and I cannot edit all of them.
So I was wondering, do you see any CSS-way to get rid of that margin-overflowing problem or the shrinking-problem here?
One of the ways is to add "overflow: hidden;" to its parent. But it not always an option if you have content that you want to overflow parent's boundaries.
Example: http://jsfiddle.net/cLxhE/1/
Another way is to use pseudo-elements to clear it. But it will not work in IE7 and below.
Example: http://jsfiddle.net/cLxhE/2/
You could add this to the top of your container div before the user added contents:
<div> </div>
Then give it a height of 0px.
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In my project, I need to implement a container div that should have an unknown (unlimited) width, without breaking to a new line if its width overflows through the browser's window.
The container div has the CSS property of (white-space: nowrap; display:inline;) and the components inside this div has (float:left) CSS property. All widths are set statically. To test the behaviour, i used a button that calls a javascript function that appends a component inside the container div.
The problem is that when the total width of the container div increased to more than the browser's window width, the components inside the container div will break to a new line. I wonder whether it is possible to have a div with unlimited width?
Many Thanks..
The white-space: nowrap property does not apply to floated elements. Simply put, when you float an element to the left or right, there is no white space between them.
See white-space (CSS property) for more information on what white space is and the line that specifically states you can't do this with floats.
Try setting them to display: inline-block so that the parent actually considers them to be content.
Try adding a specific height to the container div, or removing the float: left rule from the components inside the div.
I'm dealing with a text who goes out of its div. I've coded the frontpage. So, no matter how long the main content is, it should force the sub-content (the grey area and the footer) to move down.
You see how the dummy text is acting
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I've accomplish this before but somehow it's not working now.
You've set an explicit height on that div. For it to reshape itself to its content, you'll need to set height:auto. (or never set its height in the first place)
EDIT: As ANeve said, you'll need to remove the height on both .article and .opentext, as well you'll need to put a clear:left on .lower-container to push the footer down.
If you have an element that only contains floating elements, the container's height will be zero. To fix this you can add a clearing div (<div style="clear:both"></div>).
If you add a clearing div at the end of the #under-content section, it will automatically adjust the height of the section to it's contents.
The other issue you have is that you are using relative positioning on your .opentext div elements. When you set a 'top' property, it actually pushes the content down, causing it to overlap with your #lower-container. You're better off using the 'margin-top' property, which will expand the size the .opentext div to fit all the contents.
So in short:
Add <div style="clear:both"></div> at the end of the #under-content <section>
Change the 'top:82px' to 'margin-top:82px' on your .opentext div
I hope this helps!
Just use wordwrap: break-word; for the div and it will break the word to the next line.
You have set the height property of your .article and .opentext divs. If you remove this property, the content should expand accordingly.
However, you will also need to adjust the positioning of your background image. You should set the background image of .footer itself, rather than relying on one statically-sized background image for the entire page.
I am trying to stretch div as soon as some text is loaded.I am able to do that by giving min-height:140 px and height:100% to its parent container. But content in my div is crossing its parent container. How can I limit the inner div so that it will not cross its parent container.
Please help me as I am trying for it from so long.
thanks in advance
HP
Use the overflow attribute in your CSS.
#myDiv {
overflow:auto;
}
Depending on the width you assign, this will get the nested div to display a scrollbar once it's width exceeds that of its parent.
Every single element on a page is a rectangular box. The sizing, positioning, and behavior of these boxes can all be controlled via CSS. By behavior, I mean how the box handles it when the content inside and around it changes. For example, if you don't set the height of a box, the height of that box will grow as large as it needs to be to accommodate the content. But what happens when you do set a specific height or width on a box, and the content inside cannot fit? That is where the CSS overflow property comes in, allowing you to specify how you would like that handled.
overflow:auto;
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I'm having a few problems trying to position some divs in my website layout. All of them is related to the div's size. I'm using Chrome's developer tools to inspect the divs and when I mouse over some divs it is just 1px-high, but it has content inside and its content has some height. Shouldn't it have at least the same height of its content?
I don't know if I explained well, so I'm posting some images. I'm using Blueprint CSS Framework and it happens when I use class="span-XX" and inside it I don't use neither class
Here is some images (click to zoom)
The parent div
The div with problem (no height)
The child div
The parent div has class="span-XX", the div with problem has only #search
which is this one
I suspect it is some float or positioning issue with css but I don't know what it is and how to deal with it. I have also a list containing the social networks on the top of the site which ul has the same problem.
If you have floats inside, you need to clear them. Apply overflow:hidden; zoom:1; to the parent containing the floats and it should resolve it.
If you have negative margins / position + relative and negative offset and cant use overflow hidden use a clearfix... http://work.arounds.org/clearing-floats/
Your child div has the float property set, so the parent div will not expand height-wise to contain it. To get the behavior you expect, set overflow: hidden on the parent div.
I have a wrapper div with a min-height set. Position is relative and display is block. I have two column divs floated left and set to inherit min-height.
When I have lengthy content the background color of #wrapper never extends to match the content in the column divs.
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Can someone point out the error of my ways?
overflow: auto will do the trick
or a <div style='clear: both'> after the floated elements.
The proper fix is called "clearfix".
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